Impact of Power Outage on the Nigerian Economy and Infrastructural Failure

Student: EGOR SUNDAY OGAJI (Project, 2025)
Department of Electrical /Electronics Engineering
Cross Rivers University of Technology, Calabar, Cross Rivers State

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The purpose ofthis project is to undertakc a critical perusal on impact evaluation of power outage
in Nigeria Economy and infrastructure failures been identified as the key constraint to private
sector development in Nigeria.Hence,this studyanalyst the cost of power outage to the business
sector ofthe Nigeria economy using bothsurvey technique and revealed preference approach.One
strong outcome of the study is that the poor state of electricity supply in Nigeria has imposed
significant costs on the business sector. The bulk of these costs relate to the firms acquisition of
very expensive backup capacity to cushion them against the even larger losses arising from
frequent and long power fluctuations. Small-scale operators are more heavily affected by the
infrastructure failures as they are unable to finance the cost of backup power necessary to mitigate
the impact of frequent outage. The small scale operators that could afford to back up their
operations have to spend a significant proportion of their investment outlay on this

Keywords
Power Outages Nigeria Economic Cost Infrastructure Failure.
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